The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-16
THE LYNcHING AT WILLIS.

broke down the door and told the wo-
man to go, and then riddled the two men
with bullets and quietly dispersed. AT
daylight it was found that McGehee was
pierced with eight balls and Walker Sc
riously wounded in three places and
may recover. He and his wife were
taken charge by Sheriff Glaze, who took
them to Houston, as it was not consid-
cred safe for them to remain mere A
coroncrs jury rendered a verdict that
Andrew McGehee came to his death
from gunshot wounds inflicted by per
sons who are to the jury unknown.
Young Powell is still in precarious
condition.
THE PRISONERS STORY.
Houston, Tex, May 16.-Yesterday
forenoon Messrs. Glaze, deputy sheriff,
and Goss, marshal of Willis, Montgom-
cry county, arrived in the city with j.
B. Walker, the colored man who was
shot yesterday morning the same time
Andrew McGehec was killed. Learning
that Walkers house and place of bust
ness were at No. ID Jackson street the
correspondent went TO the place desig-
mated and found that neat looking two
story house bore No. ID. He was shown
to room to the right of hallway,
where a tall, brown man lay on very
clean bed. His right shoulder and head
were bandaged. A number of colored
men stood about the bed, and sobs came
from an adjacent room. The wounded
man said that his name was j. b. Walker
and that he was willing to make state
ment, which was as follows;
81 have suffered with weak eyes for
some time, and concluded to go to Hot
Springs Ark, to be treated. Saturday
bought tickets for myself, wife and child
and Andrew McGehee my brother inlaw
and his little brother. When the Inter
national train reached Willis, about GAO
o'clock Saturday evening and discover
ing that it would stay there twenty min
utes, | concluded to walk over to DIR.
Powell's store and talk to him about my
eyes and get his advice. On the route
heard shot at the train and returned.
Reaching the cars / discovered that An
drew was bleeding and surrounded by a
crowd of men who were striking him. |
at once asked the conductor what was
the matter, when he stated that he
wanted Andrews pistol. | told Andrew
to give it to the conductor, but he said
he would give it to no one but an officer
| replied that he should trust the con-
ductor, ASH would get my pistol, lying in
my lunch basket and give it to him.
Andrew then handed over his pistol and
l went to my seat got my pistol, and
also gave it up At that moment about
ten of the crowd jumped on me, struck
me and also hit my wife. All this took
place in the car we had been travelling
in. The crowd then put Andrew, myself,
wife and the children in the Willis Gala
boose. They said they would lock us
up during the night and hang us in the
morning When they put us in prison
they hitched me and Andrew together by
the legs with chain, the end being
fastened TO the floor They did not chain
my wife. After claiming us the crowd
went outside and remained there until
about 3 o'clock in the morning. striking
matches and looking in at us. Finally
the crowd left the outside Of the Gala
boose for few minutes. Marshal Goss,
who had been guarding the door, then
left, saying he was going to the Sheriff s
house. After he left the crowd came
back, broke open the door and
entered. Andrew and myself were
laying in corner talking. After
getting inside one of the crowd asked
my wife to walk outside with the chill
dren. As they stepped outside of the
door the men, about six in number,
opened fire upon us, the shots number
ing about thirty or forty. Andrew was
Instantly killed and / was wounded and
became insensible. | was shot in the
left shoulder and back part of the head
and also struck in the neck. When
became sensible no one was in the Gala
boose but Marshal Goss. He said:
Hello. thought you were dead" 1t
was daylight then and citizens COM
menced TO enter the prison. Marshal
Goss then unclaimed me from the dead
body of Andrew and sent for DIR. Cook